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Have your say on the potential restriction of access to the working port area of Deepwater Basin in Milford Sound/Piopiotahi. Submissions close midnight 3 February 2025.

https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/have-your-say/all-consultations/2024-consultations/fiordland-lobster-company-limited/

Summary of proposal: The restriction of access to the commercial port to manage an established health and safety risk via the installation of a fence across the hardstand between the petrol tanks/boat ramp, and the Fiordland Lobster Company building and ‘Whitehouse’. The purpose of this fence is to manage access to the working port area of Deepwater Basin to prevent accidents occurring due to the commercial activities occurring from this area.

Click to access map-area-fiordland-lobster-company.pdf

NZTA Milford Road :

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/sh94-milford-road/sh94-milford-road-status/

2021/08/11 Confirmed speed limit changes for SH94 Homer Tunnel to Milford Sound www.nzta.govt.nz/sh94-homertunnel-to-milford-sound-permanent-speed-limit

Latest MPI rules
https://www.fisheries.govt.nz/travel-and-recreation/fishing/fishing-rules/fiordland-fishery-management-area/

Fiordland Marine Guardians:

2021/12/21 Review of Amateur Fisheries Regulations Fiordland Marine Guardians

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/Ey6FvPSOMni1F4wugnC8M941soB0kwnbLHUJZ5xKWDchQIY9g6f6dDorMCb-fDtXr8TlKah6YTm9nvg.FBOj2l1EySk1toJi?startTime=1639463556000&_x_zm_rtaid=CiusV02ESnqgImkdJPTSzw.1642121240886.8befeacb20b6356075e6b842bdc42bd3&_x_zm_rhtaid=625

fmg_rec-fisher-hui-14dec2021-Download

Discussion to include

Bag Limits
• Reduce bag limits to align with Fish For a
Feed philosophy
• Introduce 2-tier bag limits for more
species
• Move the tiered bag limit demarcation
line seawards
• Temporary closures on hāpuku and
scallops in internal waters

2021/08/04 : Further to the fisheries sustainability update in our July 2021 newsletter, we are pleased to release a Special Edition newsletter on the Fisheries Survey and a copy of the Fisheries Survey results for your reference.

We have been busy evaluating the survey results alongside the feedback from face-to-face hui (Tangata Tiaki, ACV operators, independent fishers) and the available fisheries science data. This process is helping us to identify and describe the key fisheries issues for the FMA, with a horizon well beyond the next 20 years. The Guardians’ vision for the future of the FMA and the central philosophies established back in the 1990s are proving to be more relevant than ever and are keeping us focused. We will provide advice and recommendations to the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, Hon. David Parker in the coming months, and will meet with him in November to discuss.

We appreciate the contribution you’ve already made to this work and welcome any further thoughts and feedback you may have in response to the survey results.

-https://fmg.org.nz/sites/default/files/2020-08/FMG-News-Aug_2020-electronic.pdf

Milford Opportunites Site: Proposed plans for Milford Corridor

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